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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विष्टरviṣṭara1 A seat (a stool, chair &c.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ…
1. 1 A seat (a stool, chair etc.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ मुदा Atmanepada Rām.4.1.32.
2. A layer, bed (as of Kuśa grass.).
3. A handful of Kuśa grass.
4. The seat. of the presiding priest (or Brahman) at a sacrifice.
5. A tree.
6. An ascetic seat made of 25 Kuśa grassshoots ('पञ्चाशद्भिर्भवेद् ब्रह्मा तदर्धेन तु विष्टरः'); विष्टरासनयोग्यो हि कालोऽयं मामुपस्थितः Rām.2.2.28.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भाज् Adjective seated on or occupying a seat; तत्रेश्वरो विष्टरभाग् यथावत् Ku.7.72.
- -श्रवस् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa; तं वदन्तमिति विष्टरश्रवाः श्रावयन्नथ समस्तभूभृतः Śi.14.12; Mb.14.14.2.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

विष्टरviṣṭara[vi-shtara] m. [strewing: √strî] handful of rushes, grass, etc. for sitting on (S., E.); m. n. seat (C., ord.…

[vi-shtara] masculine [strewing: √strî] handful of rushes, grass, etc. for sitting on (Sûtra, Epic); masculine neuter seat (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, ordinary meaning): -sravas, masculine (far-famed), epithet of Vishnu-Krishna.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विष्टरviṣṭaram. (√स्तृ) anything spread out, a handful of rushes or grass for sitting on (esp. the seat of the presiding…
1. masculine gender (√स्तृ) anything spread out, a handful of rushes or grass for sitting on (especially the seat of the presiding Bra1hman Brahman at a sacrifice) Gr2S3rS. MBh.
2. masculine gender a seat made of 25 shoots of Kus3a कुश grass tied up in a sheaf W.
3. masculine gender a tree Lexicographers
4. masculine gender Name of a divine being reckoned among the Vis3ve विश्वे Deva1h2 देवाः Hariv.
5. mn. any seat or couch, chair, stool etc. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to वि-स्तर, extensive, wide (?) see compound
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द्विष्टराम्dviṣṭarāmind. (superl. and comp.) Pa1n2. 8-2, 27 Sch.

indeclinable (superlative degree and compound) Pa1n2. 8-2, 27 Scholiast or Commentator

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पुष्करविष्टरpuṣkaraviṣṭaram. "having a lotus-seat", N. of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा, BhP.

masculine gender "having a lotus-seat", Name of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा, BhP.

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मुनिविष्टरmuniviṣṭaram. a species of plant L.

masculine gender a species of plant Lexicographers

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विष्टरभाज्viṣṭarabhājmfn. occupying a seat, seated Ragh.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective occupying a seat, seated Ragh.

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विष्टरश्रवviṣṭaraśravam. = next Hcat.

masculine gender Equivalent to next Hcat.

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विष्टरश्रवस्viṣṭaraśravasm. "broad-eared" or "far-famed", N. of Vishn2u-Kr2ishn2a विष्णु-कृष्ण MBh. Hariv. S3is3.
1. masculine gender "broad-eared" or "far-famed", Name of Vishn2u-Kr2ishn2a विष्णु-कृष्ण MBh. Hariv. S3is3.
2. masculine gender of S3iva शिव S3ivag.
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विष्टरस्थviṣṭarasthamfn. sitting on a seat, reclining on a bed (of leaves &c.) W.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sitting on a seat, reclining on a bed (of leaves etc.) W.

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